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Using the Volume Pool Display Panel

By selecting option 3 from the Main Menu, you can view the Virtual Volume information.

The following panel would be displayed for a Subsystem with Virtual VOLSERs 100000-131999 defined in its parmlib and split between Pool1, Pool2, Pool3, and Pool8:

                   CA Vtape Volume Pool Display        Row 1 to 6 of 32  Command ===>    Cache Limit(MB)  76149     Cache Inuse(MB)  61809     MB Freeable 0    Scratch  Pool1=127     Pool2=485     Pool3=1296    Pool4=n/a           Pool5=n/a     Pool6=n/a     Pool7=n/a     Pool8=163    Virtual Volume Pool defined volume ranges. Use 'S' to show volumes  within the selected range. Scratch volumes are not displayed.        1st Volid  Last Volid  Pool#  _   100000     100099        3  _   100100     100199        3  _   100200     100299        3  _   100300     100399        3  _   100400     100499        1  _   100500     100599        1

VOLSERs are displayed in sets of 100, xxxx00-xxxx99, from the lowest VOLSER defined to the highest VOLSER defined. The number of the pool the set of 100 VOLSERs is defined to is also displayed.

You can page up and down the list of 100 VOLSER sets with the ISPF Up and Down PF keys. If your paging default is cursor, you can reposition in the list by typing the number of lines to move on the command line and using the Up and Down PF keys. To display an individual Virtual Volume, type an (S)elect in front of the range of 100 Virtual Volumes containing the desired VOLSER.

The information shown in the Volume Pool Display panel includes the following:

Note: For more information about Cache Limit (MB), Cache Inuse (MB), MB Freeable, and Scratch Pools, see Cache Management and Scratch Pool Header Information.

1st Volid

Displays the starting VOLSER in a set of 100 VOLSERs.  A set always starts with vvvv00.

Last Volid

Displays the last VOLSER in a set of 100 VOLSERs.  A set always ends with vvvv99.

Pool#

Displays the number of the pool in the parmlib Volume Pool Definitions Section that this set of VOLSERs is defined to.